Browse Submitted Surnames

Wijayawickrama Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Wijewickrama.

Alameda Spanish
Topographic name from alameda meaning ‘poplar grove’, a collective form of álamo meaning ‘poplar’, or a habitational name from any of the many places named with this word.

Kenam Southern African

Sommerfeldt German, Jewish
Variant of Sommerfeld

Morganson English
Means “son of Morgan 1”.

Haturusinghe Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala හතුරුසිංහ (see Hathurusinghe).

Murodov Tajik, Uzbek
Means "son of Murad".

Wali Urdu, Pashto, Bengali, Arabic
Derived from Arabic وَلِيّ (waliyy) meaning "helper, friend, protector", used in Islam to describe a saint.

Shnayder Jewish (Russified)
Russified form of Schneider.

Ojaperv Estonian
Ojaperv is an Estonian surname meaning "stream bank".

Inukami Japanese (Rare)
Inu means "dog" and kami means "god".

Samaratunge Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala සමරතුංග (see Samarathunga).

Van Hanegem Dutch, Flemish
Means "from Hanegem", possibly from a place name in Flanders, Belgium; one theory suggests that it may be associated with Danegem, a town near Beernem, West Flanders. Other theories connect it to Hunnegem, the name of an old settlement in Geraardsbergen, East Flanders, or a place called Huinegem in Asse, Flemish Brabant... [more]

Kotelnikov Russian
From Russian котел (kotel) meaning "cauldron".

Matoba Japanese
From Japanese 的 (mato) meaning "target, mark" and 場 (ba) meaning "place, situation, circumstances".

Wottle German (Austrian)

Saturnino Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
From the given name Saturnino.

Mikhail Russian, Belarusian, Bulgarian
From the given name Mikhail.

O'Twolan Irish
The meaning of the name is unclear, but it seems to derive from the pre 13th century Gaelic O' Tuathalain suggesting that it was probably religious and may translate as "The male descendant of the follower of the lord".

Rietums Latvian
Derived from the word rietumi meaning "west".

Jimerson English (British), Scottish
Variant of Scottish and northern English Jameson, based on a pet form of the personal name.

Balsan German
Variant of Balsam.

Apprecht German (Rare)
Derived from the given name Albrecht.

Alencar Portuguese

Galpin English
English: occupational name for a messenger or scullion (in a monastery), from Old French galopin ‘page’, ‘turnspit’, from galoper ‘to gallop’.

Sinnet English
Variant of Sinnett

In'yaku Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 印鑰 (in'yaku) meaning "seal of head government office and keys to various buildings", referring to someone who would make seals or keys for such purposes.

Favreaux French

Ivanyshyn Ukrainian
Variant of Ivanchenko.

Goldschmitt German
Variant of Goldschmidt, meaning "gold smith" in German.

Tokareva Russian
Feminine transcription of Russian Токарев (see Tokarev).

Cantalupi Italian
Denoting a person from Cantalupo, the name of several towns and counties near wooded areas where wolves could be heard. From Italian canta "singing" and lupo "wolf". ... [more]

Emigdio Spanish
From the given name Emigdio.

Benkowski Polish
Polish Origin

Calleros Spanish

Bělín Czech
Either a nickname from Czech bílý ‘white’ or a derivative of the female personal name Běla (which also means ‘white’), denoting the son or husband of a woman so named.

Guruli Georgian

Riviero Italian

Brahim Central African, Arabic (Maghrebi), Western African
From the given name Brahim.

Aesoo Estonian
Aesoo is an Estonian surname possibly taken from the location of the village of the same name in Pärnu County.

Alson English
English surname meaning "son of all"

Urayama Japanese
From Japanese 浦 (ura) meaning "bay, inlet" and 山 (yama) meaning "mountain, hill".

Kjellsen Norwegian
Means "son of Kjell"

Maccoll Irish

Godínez Spanish
Patronymic from the personal name Godino.

Bardomiano Spanish (Mexican)

Kausar Urdu
Derived from the given name Kausar.

Telleria Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque teileria meaning "tile works, tile kiln; place where tiles are made".

Kōtani Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 糀谷 (see Kōjiya).

Pultorak Polish, Jewish, Ukrainian
Variant of Póltorak.

Limjoco Chinese (Filipino)
Meaning uncertain, of Hokkien origin.

Bilir Turkish
Means "understanding, knowledgeable" in Turkish.

De La Reguera Spanish
Means "of the ditch" in Spanish, from Spanish reguera "ditch, irrigation ditch". Ana de la Reguera (1977-) is a Mexican actress known for her role as Sister Encarnación in the 2006 comedy film Nacho Libre.

Alkalay Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Alcalay.

Brookings English
Variant of Brookins.

Cosco Italian
Variant of Cosca.

Mendosa Spanish
Variant spelling of Mendoza.

Vrabac Croatian
Means ''sparrow''.

Lavine French

Thibeault French

Benbua Central African

Schwimer German, Jewish
Variant of Schwimmer.

Iida Japanese
From Japanese 飯 (ii) meaning "cooked grains, cooked rice" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Cloud English
Topographic name for someone who lived near an outcrop or hill, from Old English clud "rock" (only later used to denote vapor formations in the sky).

Borowicz Polish
Patronymic from a pet form of Borowy, or from Borzyslaw, Bolebor, or some other personal name formed with the element bor ‘to fight’.

Dimovski Macedonian

Look English
Habitational name from Look in Puncknowle, Dorset, named in Old English with luce ‘enclosure’.

Mc Elhinney Irish, Scottish
Dalriadan

Ask Swedish
From Swedish ask "ash tree".

McKeogh Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Mac Eochaidh.

Duljević Bosnian

Jacqueson French (Rare)

Durquetty French

Midoriya Japanese (Rare), Popular Culture
Combination of 緑 (midori) meaning "green" and 谷 (ya) meaning "valley," used on the main character Izuku Midoriya (緑谷 出久) in 'My Hero Academia'.... [more]

Unamuntzaga Basque
It indicates familial origin within the eponymous neighborhood of the municipality of Etxebarria.

Rybakov Russian
Means "son of the fisher" from Russian рыбак (rybak) meaning "fisherman".

Weakly English
Variant spelling of Weekley.

Gadzhimagomedov Avar
Means “son of Gadzhimagomed”.

Gardot French

Janecki Polish

Qəhrəmanov Azerbaijani
Means "son of Qəhrəman".

Metwalli Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Arabic متولي (see Metwally).

Scarselli Italian
From scarsella "purse", a type of bag hung around the neck to keep money in. Possibly indicated a wealthy person.

Holzman Jewish
Variant of Holzmann.

Eufracio Spanish
From the given name Eufracio.

Orrels Medieval English
Means "Ore hill", likely for iron ore miners. From the Old English ora, meaning "ore" and hyll, meaning hill.... [more]

Kvitsinia Abkhaz
Mingrelian form of the Abkhaz surname Kutsnia; the Abkhaz name was replaced by the Mingrelian spelling during the era of Joseph Stalin. It is most likely derived from Abkhaz икуцны иааз (ikutsny iaaz) meaning "one who migrates", though the word квици (kvitsi) has no real meaning in Abkhaz... [more]

Derakhshan Persian
Means "bright, brilliant" in Persian.

Veljačić Bosnian

Russi Italian
Variant of Rossi.

Mudali Indian

Ashour Arabic
Derived from Arabic عاشوراء ('ashura) referring to the holy tenth day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar.

Kimbrough English

Kosumi Japanese

Cruzado Spanish
Means "crusader" or "cross" from Spanish cruzado "crusader" or "cross".

Rexroth German (?)

Gogula Indian, Telugu
Possibly from Telugu గోగు (gōgu) "hemp plant".

Povinello Italian

Van Gameren Dutch
Meaning "from Gameren".

Styler English

Hirahara Japanese

Čejvan Bosnian

Currier English
Occupational surname for someone who dressed leather after it was tanned, from Old French corier, from Latin coriarius "leather worker, tanner".

Chanel French

Divita Italian
Derives from the word vita meaning "life".

Maté Hungarian
Hungarian (Máté): from the ecclesiastical personal name Máté, Hungarian form of Matthew.

Romain French
From the given name Romain.

Huckleberry English
From the name of the variety of shrubs (genus Vaccinium) or the berries that grow on them. This is also the anglicized form of the German surname Hackelberg.

Ban Croatian
Derived from a noble title used in several states in Central and Southeastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.

Boldea Romanian

Condori Italian

Nagib Arabic
Derived from the given name Najib.

Morice Italian (Rare), Sicilian (Rare)

Almoznino Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Almosnino.

Bickham English
Habitational name from places so named in Devon and Somerset, most of which are most probably named with an Old English personal name Bicca and Old English cumb "valley". The first element could alternatively be from bica "pointed ridge".

Koivunen Finnish
From Finnish koivu meaning "birch" and the suffix -nen.

Mattisson Swedish
Variant of Mattsson.

Hira Indian, Urdu, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Kannada, Tamil
From the given name Hira.

Falcão Portuguese
Portuguese surname meaning "falcon".

Poitier French
Evidently an altered spelling of Pothier. A famous bearer of this surname was the Bahamian-American actor Sidney Poitier (1927-2022).

Babauta Chamorro
Chamorro name for "our banner or flag"

Wilgar Irish
An ancient surname of Olde English and Scottish origins. It is usually occupational for a textile fuller, deriving from the pre 7th century word wealcere, meaning to walk or tread.

Alcázar Spanish, Spanish (Mexican)
Habitational name from any of various places for example in the provinces of Ciudad Real Cuenca and Granada named with the word alcázar "citadel" or "palace" (from Arabic al "the" and qaṣr "fortress" a borrowing of Latin castrum; see Castro).

Scheuer German, Jewish
Derived from Middle High German schiure meaning "barn, granary", denoting somebody who lived in a barn of some sort.

Hambridge English (British)

Theologou Greek (Cypriot, Rare)
Means "son of Theologos".

Reali Italian
Variant of the surname Reale, which stems from reale "royal", either a name for someone in the service of a royal or a nickname for someone who behaved in a regal, aristocratic manner.

Augusto Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
From the given name Augusto

Aboah Akan
Meaning unknown.

Vujke Serbian

Sherzai Pashto
Alternate transcription of Shirzai.

Corfield English (Anglicized)

Saara Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 茶新 (see Chashin).

Seferi Albanian
Derived from the given name Sefer.

Cobello Medieval Galician (Archaic)
This surname may indicate the name Jacob or Tiago.

Aginaga Basque
Habitational name from a place named Aginaga, from Basque (h)agin meaning "yew tree" combined with -aga, a collective suffix.

Janovič Belarusian
Means "son of Jan 1".

Mrózek Polish
Variant of Mróz.

Rafi Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Rafi.

Feiza Lithuanian
Lithuanian/Russian. Could have been cut off or mistranslated during emigration. Last name

Siddiqi Urdu, Bengali
From the given name Siddiq.

Orford English

Faut French

Metsanurm Estonian
Metsanurm is an Estonian surname meaning "forest meadow".

Milaša Latvian

Patriksen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Patrik".

Gren Swedish
Means "branch" in Swedish.

Medici Italian
Patronymic or plural form of Medico. This was the name of an Italian political dynasty that was in power through the Renaissance period.

Halldórsdóttir Icelandic
Means "daughter of Halldór" in Icelandic.

Säinas Estonian
Säinas is an Estonian surname meaning "ide/orfe" (a freshwater species of fish; genus Leuciscus).

Buchmann German
Combination of Buch and German Mann "man".

Kazakhstansky Russian, Kazakh
One who came from Kazakhstan.

Perron Spanish
Spanish (Perrón) : probably from an augmentative of perro 'dog'.

Coan Old Irish

Harder German

Grzib Polish (Rare, Expatriate)
Variant of Grzyb, mostly used outside of Poland.

Kipp Estonian
Kipp is an Estonian surname derived from "kippama" meaning to "tilt", "rock" and "topple".

Torg English
Possibly from the Old Norse word “torg” meaning “marketplace”.

Aukio Finnish
"square", "plaza", "clearing", or "concourse"

Gurusingha Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala ගුරුසිංහ (see Gurusinghe).

Ashkatsao Abazin
Possibly from an Abkhaz word meaning "lazy", used as a nickname for a lazy person.

Wyett English
Variant Wyatt.

Énuò Mongolian

Citarelli Neapolitan
Variant of Citarella

Pelle Italian
Means "skin, hide; leather" in Italian, an occupational name for a tanner, or a nickname for someone with notable skin.

Amputch Fijian

Ryzhkov Russian
From ryzhko, meaning "red".

Along Filipino

MacShanley Irish
Anglicized form of Mac Seanlaoich. Seanlaoich comes from Gaelic "the old hero."

Hekel Low German
Derives from the Middle Low German word "ha-ke," Dutch "haak," which means "a hook."

Sgheiz Jewish (Modern)

Lovera Italian, Spanish
Either a topographic name from lovera "wolf pack" or "wolves’ lair" or a habitational name from a place called Lovera. Spanish variant of Lobera.

Efner English
Variant of Hefner.

Skorupa Polish, Jewish
Derived from Polish skorupa meaning "shell", hence a nickname for a secretive individual.

Oosterhuis Dutch
Means "eastern house" in Dutch.

Pinão Portuguese

Ghavelas Greek

Gerasimov Russian
Means "son of Gerasim".

Bylilly Navajo
Derived from Navajo bá ‎"for him" and álílee "magic power".

Rajaratna Sinhalese
Alternate transcription of Sinhala රාජරත්න (see Rajaratne).

Ujiie Japanese
From Japanese 氏 (uji) meaning "family, clan" and 家 (ie) menaing "house, home".

Allikmaa Estonian
Allikmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "spring (water source) island".

Ardies Irish
Irish Isle Of Ards

Khoe Chinese (Cantonese)

Körmendi Hungarian

Havn Danish, Faroese
It means "Harbour" in Danish.

Curtins Romansh
Variant of Decurtins.

Lasasso English (American)

Skovoroda Ukrainian
Means "frying pan" in Ukrainian.

Arehira Japanese (Rare)
Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 荒平 (see Arahira).

Dammunee Thai

Alhadef Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Alhadeff.

Sylla Manding, Western African
Susu surname of unknown meaning.

Takamatsu Japanese
From Japanese 高 (taka) meaning "tall, high" and 松 (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".

Rober German
Variant of Röber (see Roeber).

Bronka Polish

Semchuk Ukrainian
Variant of Semenchuk.

Kumata Japanese

Ayres English
Variant of Ayers 1, Ayers 2 or Ayers 3.

Lance English
From the given name Lance.

Uggla Swedish
Means "owl" in Swedish.

Verne French, English
As a French surname refers to someone who lived where alder trees grew. While the English version can mean someone who lived where ferns grew, Verne can also mean a seller of ferns which in medieval times were used in bedding, as floor coverings and as animal feed.

Nievo Italian
From nievo "grandchild, grandson; nephew", probably used to differentiate between relatives of the same name.

Deiorio Italian
Variant of De Iorio.

Montale Italian
From Latin mons ("mountain"), this surname was originally given as a nickname to people who lived on hills and mountains. A famous bearer of this surname is Italian poet and writer Eugenio Montale (1896-1981), winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1975.

Isago Japanese
From Japanese 沙 (isago) meaning "sand".

Gerloff German
Derived from the given name Gerulf. German cognate of Géroux and Giroux.

Dingli Maltese
Dingli is a surname coming from the small village of Had-Dingli in Malta.

Kakii Japanese
Kaki means "pomegranate" means "well, pit, mineshaft".

Toma Japanese

Rajani Indian, Urdu, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali, Malaysian
Meaning unknown, either from the titles Rajan, Raja, or Raj, or from the given name Rajani.

Bashir Arabic, Urdu
From the given name Bashir.

Kadowaki Japanese
From Japanese 門 (kado) meaning "gate, entrance" and 脇 (waki) meaning "side".

Wurdemann German (Rare)
This is a German surname, also spelled WÜRDEMANN (original) and often rendered as WUERDEMANN in English. It come from the German "würde", "dignity" or "honor" and "mann", meaning "man" or "person".... [more]

Hokka Finnish
Possibly deriving from the Karelian given name Hokka.

Pumphrey Welsh
From Welsh ap Umffrey meaning "son of Humphrey".

Henare Maori
From the English given name Henry.

Padillo Spanish

Zipzer Polish (Rare), German (Rare), Jewish (Rare)

Männiste Estonian
Männiste is an Estonian surname relating to "pine".

Akognon Western African

Jiang Chinese
From Chinese 蒋 (jiǎng) referring to the ancient state of Jiang, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Henan province.

Fonjallaz French (Swiss)

Donathan English
Variant of Jonathan

Levandi Estonian
Levandi is an Estonians surname meaning the "Levant".

Voytyukevich Belarusian (Russified)
Russified form of Vaytsyukevich.

Pettaway English

Takimura Japanese
Taki means "waterfall, rapids" and mura means "village, hamlet".

Koot Dutch
Possibly derived from Middle Dutch kuut "coot (bird)".

Ballestero Spanish
Means "crossbowman" or "crossbow builder" in Spanish, derived from Spanish ballesta "crossbow".

Tammearu Estonian
Tammearu is an Estonian surname meaning "oaken upland meadow".

Magdy Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Majdi chiefly used in Egypt.

Lavallin French (Huguenot)

Pompei Italian
Derived from the given name Pompeo, an Italian form of Latin Pompeius "of Pompeii", or a habitational name taken directly from the toponym Pompei... [more]

Zaheer Arabic, Urdu
Variant transcription of Zahir.

Verdecia Spanish

Essen Dutch, German
From any of several places called Essen, probably derived from asc "ash tree".

Shynkarchuk Ukrainian
Variant of Shynkarenko.

Vagliano Italian
Variant of Vaglia.

Mainaky Indonesian

Mel Khmer

al-Werfalli Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic الورفلي (see al-Warfalli).

Rathod Indian, Gujarati, Marathi, Konkani, Kannada, Telugu
Meaning uncertain.

Masse English, French
English: variant of Mace ... [more]

Handžić Bosnian

Kamat Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Konkani
Means "people who work in soil" from काम (kām) meaning "work, task, labour" combined with मिट्टी (miṭṭī) meaning "soil, earth".

Joliffe English

Šašivarević Bosnian

Aviña Galician
Galician surname referring to someone who "lives by a vineyard", from d’Aviña, a variant of da viña.

Shukla Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi
Derived from Sanskrit शुक्ल (shukla) meaning "white, bright, pure".

Franzetti Italian
Italian diminutive form of Franzese.

Čaikovskis Lithuanian, Latvian
This is a Lithuanian and Latvian, or more broadly Baltic, version of the Balto-Slavic surnames Chayka, and Tchaikovsky... [more]

Haruta Japanese
From Japanese 春 (haru) meaning "spring" and 田 (ta) meaning "field".

Atzler German (Rare)

Hen Hebrew
From the given name Chen 2.

Schie German
From a nickname that meant "shy".

Abaño Filipino
Possibly derived from Spanish baño meaning "bath".

Marcov Russian
Variant of Markov.

Citrone English, Italian
Ultimately from Latin citrum meaning "lemon, citrus fruit". Possibly an occupational name for someone who sells or raise lemons or any citrus fruit.

Ó Dubhdara Irish
It means "descendant of Dubhdara.

Del Cid Spanish, Medieval Spanish
Likely refers to a person from any of the places called El Cid, using Spanish del, combination of de "of, from" and el "the".... [more]

De Monroy Spanish

Tsuruta Japanese
From Japanese 鶴 (tsuru) meaning "crane (bird)" and 田 (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".

Sterk Dutch, German
Dutch cognate and German variant of Stark. Nickname from Middle Low German sterk and Middle High German stark Middle Dutch sterke starcke staerke "strong brave".

Bongkhalong Thai (Rare), Lao (Rare)

Georgievski Macedonian
Means "son of Georgi".

Marian Persian

Pelka Polish
Reduced pet form of the given name Świętopełk.

Ellenwood English

Atley English
Variant of Atlee.... [more]

Garfias Spanish
Nickname from the plural form of regional garfia 'claw paw' a word of Arabic origin.

Kawagoe Japanese
From Japanese 川 (kawa) meaning "river, stream" and 越 (koeru) meaning "pass, cross, go through".

Malizia Italian
Means "malice, spite" or "mischievousness" in Italian.

Kiruta Belarusian, Russian

Duesler Upper German
Andrew & brother Jacob were the Progenitors of Duesler, Duessler, Dueßler from 1752 Germany to America. ... [more]

Ozanne Ancient Hebrew
Meaning “save now”.

Pasquariella Italian
Derived from the given name Pasquale.

Fraysse French

Ellsey English
Variant of Elsey.

Yanukovych Ukrainian
Viktor Yanukovych was president of Ukraine from 2010-2014.

Kolos Hungarian
From the given name Kolos.

Mitsue Japanese
This surname is used as 光永, 光江, 三枝, 満江, 三ツ江 or 三津江 with 光 (kou, hikari, hika.ru, mitsu) meaning "light, ray", 三 (san, zou, mi, mi'.tsu, mi.tsu) meaning "three", 満 (ban, man, mi.tasu, mi.chiru, mi.tsu) meaning "enough, full, fullness, satisfy", 永 (ei, naga.i, e) meaning "eternity, long, lengthy", 江 (kou, e) meaning "bay, creek, inlet", 枝 (shi, eda, e) meaning "bough, branch, twig, limb" and 津 (shin, tsu) meaning "ferry, harbour, haven, port."... [more]

Lansing Dutch
Patronymic form of Lans, Germanic Lanzo, a Dutch cognate of Lance.

Bruck German
Variant of Brück.

Paull English (Australian)

Koerperklaus German

Mramor Slovene

Mucciarone Italian
From an augmentative form of the dimunitive suffix -muccio short form of pet names ending in -muccio such as Anselmuccio or Giacomuccio.

Webber English, Jewish
Variant of Weber.

Wakeley English
Habitational name from Wakeley in Hertfordshire, named from the Old English byname Waca, meaning ‘watchful’ (see Wake) + Old English leah ‘woodland clearing’.

Laiho Finnish

Superla Hungarian

Attia Arabic
From the given name Atiya.

Azaranka Belarusian
Belarusian form of Azarenko.

McGillan Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Eoin meaning "son of the servant of Eoin".

Corvington English, Caribbean

Jali South African

Lazo Spanish (Modern)
Spanish

Anikin Russian

Krasnoyarsky Russian
The habitational name from Krasnoyarsk Krai in Russia.